Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. You said, "I will bake a walnut cake."
Option 1: You told that you would baked a walnut cake.
Option 2: You said that you will bake a walnut cake.
Option 3: I said that you will bake a walnut cake.
Option 4: You said that you would bake a walnut cake.
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Correct Answer: You said that you would bake a walnut cake.
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect discourse, is a way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact words.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
Therefore, the correct answer is: You said that you would bake a walnut cake.
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Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
Anju told her brother that she was going to bake a cake for him that day.
Option 1: Anju said to her brother, "I am going to bake a cake for him tomorrow."
Option 2: Anju said to her brother, "She is going to bake a cake for you today."
Option 3: Anju said to her brother, "I am going to bake a cake for you today."
Option 4: Anju said to her brother, "She was going to bake a cake for him today."
Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence. Pallavi said, “I am going to bake a sponge cake tomorrow.”
Option 1: Pallavi said that I will bake a sponge cake the next day.
Option 2: Pallavi said that she would be baking a sponge cake tomorrow.
Option 3: Pallavi said that she is going to bake a sponge cake tomorrow.
Option 4: Pallavi said that she was going to bake a sponge cake the next day.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Mukesh said to me, "You are wrong".
Option 1: Mukesh told me that you are wrong.
Option 2: Mukesh tells me that I am wrong.
Option 3: Mukesh told me that he was wrong.
Option 4: Mukesh told me that I was wrong.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the direct speech. The manager said that he would be on leave the next day.
Option 1: The manager has said, "I will be on leave tomorrow".
Option 2: The manager said, "I would be on leave that day".
Option 3: The manager has said, "He will be on leave today".
Option 4: The manager said, "I will be on leave tomorrow".
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Rohan said, "I will arrive late."
Option 1: Rohan says that he is late in his arrival.
Option 2: Rohan said that he would arrive late.
Option 3: Rohan said that I will arrive late.
Option 4: Rohan said that he is arriving late.
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